I can believe this. My brother’s company has been trying to hire a PHP programmer for ages. The hiring bonus being offered keeps climbing, it’s now $5000, paid after the first 90 days. They’ve had 2 applicants, neither of whom bothered to even show up for their interviews.
Even worse than the lack of skilled workers, I think, is the lack of work ethic. Those few employees with a strong, honest work ethic are worth their weight in gold, but are becomming rarer and rarer.
Those few employees with a strong, honest work ethic are worth their weight in gold, but are becomming rarer and rarer.
That’s mostly because companies aren’t willing to pay a premium for premium workers.
These companies are relying on bigoted, old-fashioned standards. Instead of insisting on yesterday’s skills like math and engineering, they ought to use this as an opportunity to diversify their workforces with women’s studies, black studies, and queer studies majors. I’m sure that the companies would find them just as capable as computer scientists and the like. /s
Your joking, right?
Your joking, right?
>I can believe this. My brother’s company has been trying to hire a PHP programmer for ages. The hiring bonus being offered keeps climbing, it’s now $5000, paid after the first 90 days. They’ve had 2 applicants, neither of whom bothered to even show up for their interviews.<
My business partner and I have a business that directly is involved with Hollywood. We placed an ad on Craigslist 4 months ago and received THOUSANDS of replies.
Sorted the applicants and the top 5% of whom we wanted DID NOT SHOW UP. It was unbelievable.
One even ASKED ME to pick him up for the interview..seriously, I am not kidding.